Doomie's Home Cookin'

Hit the spot 🔥Quick fast food came out fresh hot warm definitely inexpensive and delicious 5/5

The burger and chicken sandwiches are really good here. I can be skeptical about vegan food as i’m not vegan but i’d come back!

The best vegan “fried chicken” I have had in life! Magnificent! 🥰

My fiancé and I love this place. The food is super yummy. It’s good home style creamy delicious Mac and cheese and crunchy fried chickie. No complaints.

10/10 We ordered a few things one sec I’ll break it down Food: Mac and cheese Fried chicken Salad Mashed potatoes with gravy Next door at the next mex i got a crispy wrap . So good

Two type pads and one worker?!!! are you kidding! This is next level cheap. Hire more employees or shut down, which judging by the construction in the strip mall and the rats, you probably will.

Needs healthier alternative for “meat”

This is my go-to spot after a concert in Hollywood. I recommend fried chicken, jalapeño poppers, and mac n cheese.

I went to the Tex mex place (next door same owners) and they were very kind. The tacos were very good. Excellent service.

Doomie’s is a vegan mainstay of Los Angeles, which is why it has survived for so long, and throughout even the pandemic veganpocalypse of plant-based restaurants we’ve seen the last couple of years. It knows what it is and doesn’t try to be anything but that, and it does what it does well. The sign right in the window says it: GLUTTONY. You can go to an expensive health vegan place if you want, Veggie Grill is nearby, but if you’re channeling a nostalgic craving for the worst possible vegan food for you, this is the place to go. As a vegan, I feel like this is the only vegan food that is capable of causing me a heart attack, and I say that lovingly. It’s certainly a selling point to all the omnivores out there who stumble in after leaving a club, and as a lonely people-watcher I can say that the large consensus is that the food here is comparable if not identical to their carcass garbage they usually eat. Their gravy and chili are among the best flavored in the city. I love their pulled pork, especially because (as they boast) it isn’t the same ol’ jackfruit recipe everywhere else uses. They prepare their Impossible patties just right, and you can tell they actually season them. The chicken is breaded, seasons, and fried to perfection and always a thick slab on the sandwiches. They offer a spicy cheese option and it’s actually spicy. Their French toast and pancakes are exactly what you’re looking for if you’re vegan and long for that specific diner style of breakfast. The baked goods here are flawless and the cakes in huge slices. The menu is solid, and I find myself alternative between a handful of favorites every other month. The prices may seem a little high at first glance, until you get your meal: the portions are beyond generous whether entree or appetizer, and everything comes with a side (something nearly unheard of when eating out in LA—most vegan places would charge $16-18 for the burger by itself). Everything they do seems to summon the hedonistic fat kid in us all, from quantity to quality. I think it’s also notable that, in a community of vegan spots who oftentimes rely solely on frozen name-brand products like Gardein, this place uses its own scratch recipes pretty often, such as their sauces, cheeses, bacon, chili, gravy, and pulled pork, and I think wrapping the vegan drumsticks in tofu skin before breading and frying it was a brilliant way of giving it that horrific skin some psychos miss from their meat-eating days at KFC. I’ve also only ever received kind, enthusiastic, human treatment from what seems to be a small team of regular faces. Sure, maybe not all of them are painting on some fake smile, or maybe they’re sometimes just very caught up in managing several tasks at once, but that only fits the aesthetic and authenticity of Doomie’s. I’m here at least once a week and there has never been a time when I felt mistreated or disregarded, and they’ve always made the few minor errors right without hesitation. I appreciate the low-effort, to-the-point decor that has become emblematic of their establishment, honestly. Late at night when I want to loiter comfortably for a little while and eat something greasy and absurdly decadent, I enjoy doing it somewhere that lacks pretense; where I feel like I belong even at my most disgusting and unpresentable. They recently gave the place a modest upgrade, which just meant a new coat of sky blue against the black, a neon light Doomie’s guy, and finally some cushions on the booth seats, but I think they know that their food is what matters most. Honestly, everything about the place is just quintessentially punk. They’re open 24 hours from Friday to Monday, which is awesome, with incredible breakfasts on early mornings. The parking around it is unofficially free (I’ve slept in my car outside of it many times and have never incurred a ticket or anything). Lotsa outdoor seating. Unlimited refills on soda. Bathroom is easy to get into with a memorable code. Anyway, I love this place, and am so grateful that it’s still here after all these years.